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1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Summary |
With the advent of CRISPR gene-editing technology, designer babies have become a reality. The author insists that scientists alone cannot decide the terms of this changing era in human evolution. Members of the public, with diverse interests and perspectives, must have a role in determining our future as a species. -- Description provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Targeting a single gene : Huntington's Disease -- From editing a genome to altering inheritance -- Babies by design -- From "well" to "better than well" -- Ethics in the interim -- Of harms and wrongs -- Slow science -- Scientists, science policy, and politics -- Ethicists, science policy, and politics -- "All of us" for "us all" -- Epilogue : A new dawn. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gene editing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Gene editing. |
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CRISPR (Genetics)
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CRISPR (Genetics) |
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Genetic engineering -- Risk assessment.
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Medical ethics.
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Genetic engineering -- Risk assessment. |
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Medical ethics. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Baylis, Françoise, 1961- Altered inheritance. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019 9780674976719 (DLC) 2019009524 (OCoLC)1089982512 |
| ISBN |
0674241959 electronic book |
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9780674241954 electronic book |
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9780674241961 (electronic book) |
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0674241967 (electronic book) |
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9780674976719 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0674976711 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
10.4159/9780674241954 |
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